Helloooo Vinotrippers! Ah, the holidays. A time for some rest and relaxation. Nothing important going on. Just spend some time on the couch with a good… wait, what’s that? All sorts of news about the Comptroller’s final report on direct wine shipping? Yes, that’s right. In case you somehow missed the coverage already in the [...]
I had the opportunity this evening to attend a meeting of the Prince George’s County House Delegation of the Maryland General Assembly, where (among other things) the delegates heard testimony from the community for a PG County bill designed to make corkage legal. See my post from earlier this week for some of the back-story [...]
One of my favorite wine shops (when I do buy wine at a shop, as most of my purchases seem to happen at tasting rooms or festivals) is The Wine Bin on the historic Main Street in Ellicott City. Their shop opened just a little over two years ago in the old firehouse at the [...]
Baltimore-area readers, prepare for savings! Today’s Groupon is $10 for $20 worth of wine from DiWine Spirits, located on Reisterstown road in Pikesville. Even with my grossly deficient math skillz, I calculate that as a 50% discount. You have used groupon before, right? No? It’s a daily deal website where you buy the “deal” in [...]
12/06 Update: The Baltimore Sun published an op-ed today about the “flawed” laws banning corkage in Maryland. Did you know that it’s illegal in Maryland to bring your own wine to dinner at a restaurant, a practice known as “corkage”, if that restaurant is already licensed to sell beer, wine or spirits? It’s true (although [...]
Guest post this week by Jon from Manfred Macx Rather than fisticuffs at the local Best Buy, the family and I instead opted to spend Black Friday at a few Maryland wineries. Our launching point was a beautiful rental house on the beach in Scotland. Along for the ride were my wife, our two daughters, [...]
Leaders in the Maryland Legislature, via a Baltimore Sun article by Annie Linskey, just gave wine lovers in the state an extra reason to give thanks this holiday season with some positive news regarding the possibility of passing the direct wine shipping bill in 2011. Read the full article in today’s paper or click on [...]
While The Wife and I were killing time in Harbor East waiting for our movie to start (The Social Network, it was okay), we stumbled upon the newish wine bar Vino Rosina. Our usual (and only) go-to for a glass of wine in Harbor East is Cinghiale so a new option is most welcome. Their [...]
It’s election season in Maryland (I highly recommend early voting – no lines!) and that means it’s time to re-elect all of our state legislators. Will your vote be influenced by the direct wine shipping legislation? If you live in Senator Conway’s district, you should strongly consider it given her pocket veto of the consumer-friendly [...]
Blind tasted a Maryland wine against a California wine last week just to see how we’re coming along versus the big boys out there. In the Maryland corner was the 2008 Boordy Petit Cabernet. Its opponent: the 2007 Concannon Conservancy Petite Sirah. Concannon’s Conservancy line hails from the Livermore Valley of California. We were fortunate [...]
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